The three main sugarcraft/clay guns that I know of are often referred to as the silver one, the black & red one and the green one. Real creative I know!

The silver one is the cheapest (around the $20 mark) and usually the first port of call for most beginners, due to it’s cheapness, however, nearly everyone I know who got one, tried to use it once and then threw it in the back of the cupboard, in the bin, or scoured the internet trying to figure out what they were doing wrong. It has a push action and frankly it’s a nightmare to use, so not recommended (if you want to try one that bad, feel free to borrow mine before outlining the money! ) Available from clay suppliers and often in the clay/scrapbooking areas of places like Spotlight, K-mart and so on.

Next is probably the most commonly used one, the black and red. It has a squeeze action due to it’s spring system. Much better to use than the silver one! But still with it’s own drawbacks. First of all if it breaks it’s difficult to get replacement parts, basically you need to buy a second one to use as spare parts. It’s considerably more expensive, although if you shop around Complete Cake Decorating Supplies in SA are the cheapest I’ve seen it currently round the $50 mark but when everyone else was selling theirs for $75+ they were selling them for around $45. The barrel isn’t huge and you have to make sure your fondant is well worked, the smaller the hole disc the used the harder it can be to work. But still recommended!

Finally we have the newest addition to my cake tools! The green one! Another clay based tool this little baby rocks! It’s around the $36 mark, it has a bigger barrel then the others and comes with more discs, but best of all even with no spring loading it’s the easiest of all to use. You just need to twist and it does the rest of the work. Yes you have to use both hand for this one but the positives for this one far outweigh the negatives for me and you can even use a stiffer fondant such as chocolate fondant with a smaller disc and with the bigger barrel you get much more out of it! Available from Clay Princess.

Here’s some further pictures showing you the guns and barrels in comparison to each other.

I’ve heard of people making their own but aside from these three (oh and playdoh ones!) I don’t know of any others in Australia. Do you? Are they any better than any of the ones discussed? Feel free to post a link to where they can be bought.

All comments ARE MY opinion, as always I recommend you find the one YOU like.
Check out Maria’s fab post on How and What to use a Sugarcraft Gun for

Cake friend Tiamaria put this little pictogram together a little while ago.

It’s quick, easy and spot on for showing you what a sugarcraft gun can achieve!